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Our CMS only shows 300 comments per page. I am sure there is a way to enhance that, but for ease of publishing and following the conversations I decided to close the last SEO for Firefox thread and start a new one. If you have any questions about SEO for Firefox this is the place to ask them. :)
The two unanswered questions from the old thread were
I've used this plug in for awhile and I love it, but the number of links in Yahoo won't display now.
I have the plug in set so that it doesn't automatically query, but when I click on any of the link items, it says that there are no links.
I'm using Firefox 2.0.14 and uninstalled and then reinstalled the plug in, and it is still the same thing.
and
I've noticed that Y! is requiring API Keys for all of the automated lookup tools now. Any word on when support will be out for SEO for Firefox?
The answer to each of these are
- Is that issue occuring for all sites? Have you tried putting the tool on automatic and seeing if it will pull data in for you?
- SEO for Firefox already contains an API key. I used it this morning and it worked fine for me.
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Hi,
Is their anyway to get this tool to work on Google Custom Search results? If you could that would be fantastic.
Thanks
I probably can't make it work on Google custom search results. It may be possible but I just don't know how and do not see much upside to doing so. The source code is open if you want to see if you can find a programmer to do it.
Here is a repost:
Hi I am using the latest version of firefox and seo for firefox. Whenever I set anything to automatic, all I get is a question mark "?" at where the value is suppose to be at. However if I set it to on-demand and then click on the question mark, it would return the value fine. What is going on? Why is automatic not working for me? Anyone else experience this?
After you set everything to automatic you have to save it by clicking the button in the prompt at the bottom of that mini window. You may have to restart Firefox after the change as well.
Just installed version 3 instead of version 2 of firefox. It's working now!
I really liked the Google cached pages option. The google trends option replacing it never seems to work.
Can you please replace it or create another version of the tool with it in.
Much appreciated.
Matt
I just installed version 2.7.4 after upgrading my Firefox to 3.0. I'm familiar with the SEO for Firefox software's operation, as I have been a long time user under FF2.
Right now, when I enter a search term into Google, all the results are showing numbers related to Google itself, rather than the domains and pages of the search result. For example, every result shows the following:
PR: -
Y! Links: 234,000,000
Y! .edu Links: 1,620,000
Y! .gov Links: 119,000
Y! Page Links: 35
...and the links bring up yahoo pages counting links to google.com or http://www.google.com/url?sa=U.
I've tried several searches, a couple that I normally keep track of and then a couple of random phrases, and get the same situation each time.
Search queries in Yahoo are working fine, and all the pageranks and link counts are correct there.
Is this a known issue?
Also, I don't have any other extensions (or even themes) installed yet.
Hi NJ WebGuy
I think that may have been a glitch. Could you try uninstalling and reinstalling the extension?
Hi Aaron,
Great tool you've got here!
I had a quick question - is there a reason that the tool uses the yahoo search for links:
linkdomain:www.example.com -site:www.example.com
instead of using the Yahoo Site Explorer (which uses the link:www.example.com command) and with 'inlinks' switched to 'except from this domain'.
I get dramatically different results for the two above. Do you find more accurate results with one over the other? I've been using the Yahoo Site Explorer for awhile now instead of the linkdomain command.
Cheers,
Rob
The tool is designed to allow you to sort through backlinks with SEO for firefox turned on...the complexity of doing that while allowing multiple options (site explorer and the default search results) probably would not add much value to the tool and could confuse some users.
Ok cheers for that! Thanks again for a great tool :)
Hi Aaron,
First of all kudos for such an impressive tool, it has made my life much easier.
Quick question. I used to check the Y!page links directly from Google SERPs to check competitors link equity and the results were displayed nicely with all the statistics provided that I could export into an excel file. I tried that today and I saw that those results are not showing up in Yahoo any more. I tried to make a simple query in Yahoo and neither the statistics appeared also.
Any bug with Yahoo?
Thanks and keep up the great work.
can you try it again now? and verify the settings are set up to pull in those data points automatically?
I tried again but the features don't show up in Yahoo regardless of the data points being configured as automatic or on request. Maybe I am missing something.
It is still a great tool for Google though. Thanks a lot.
can you verify you are using 2.7.6
Brilliant!!! Thanks a lot Aaron. I updated to 2.7.6 and now it is working fine.
Thanks a lot again.
Whats up - Google has changed its html, and SEO for Firefox is not working :(
Are you able to get you wonderful tool happening again?
Yes I noticed the same. Damn it.
Isn't working for me either... god, I feel so crippled.
Hi there,
JustSearch has found a quick fix to get SEO for firefox plugin working again:
http://www.justsearching.co.uk/JustBlog/seo-for-firefox-broke.html
Hope that will helps.
It should be fixed today or tomorrow.
I just used the fix that JustBen linked to. Works like a charm.
All was working fine before the Google update and now it is not working. I seem to have the latest version (2.8.4) and it still doesn't work.
I have tried the fix from JustBen but these setting already appear to be correct. Is anyone else still having problems or can provide some other suggestion to get this fixed.
SEO for Firefox is working for me right now. Are you using it on US Google SERPs or another country (like .co.uk)? Is it working on Yahoo! for you?
If it is not working on either have you tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it?
After about 30 minutes of searching I didn't find any other fitting place to post this, so I'll leave a comment here.
I've partially ported "SEO for Firefox" to Opera (as a bunch of user js files) and I would like to know your thoughts on the issue before releasing it to the general public.
I couldn't port some features (e.g. CSV generation) because Opera isn't as extensible as FF. I also had to use several hacks to get around Opera's limitations (no permanent storage API for user scripts, no cross-domain XmlHttpRequest) so I expect the script to be buggy. Nevertheless, it already Works For Me(TM) :)
Feel free to contact me via the email address listed in my profile if you want to discuss this privately.
Hi W-Shadow
Feel free to post a link here if you like. :)
Sure, here it is then : SEO for Opera.
Hi Aaron,
Excellent plugin. I used one similar in the past but the ability to customise the settings in this is much better.
Can I make a suggestion - I'd love to be able to add sites I wish to track. If they appeared in the results, the plugin should inform me of their position at the top of the page.
Seems simple but can't find it any where.
Thanks
Donal
Hi Donal
We offer a rank checker plug in.
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